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203 - China - ELLIS (Henry). A Journey to China, or Journal of the Last English Embassy to the Court of Peking, containing details of the negotiations that took place on that occasion; an account of the voyage to China and the return to Europe, and finally an account of the embassy’s overland journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to Canton; interspersed with observations on the appearance of the country, on politics, on the moral character, and on the customs of the Chinese nation. Paris, Delaunay & Mongie, 1818.
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China - ELLIS (Henry). A Journey to China, or Journal of the Last English Embassy to the Court of Peking, containing details of the negotiations that took place on that occasion; an account of the voyage to China and the return to Europe, and finally an account of the embassy’s overland journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to Canton; interspersed with observations on the appearance of the country, on politics, on the moral character, and on the customs of the Chinese nation. Paris, Delaunay & Mongie, 1818. 2 volumes in-8, glossy brown half-calf, smooth spines with decorative lettering (contemporary binding). First edition of this account of Lord Amherst’s Embassy to the Imperial Court of China by H. Ellis, Secretary and Third Commissioner of the Embassy. It is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, 3 folded maps, and 7 separate plates. A beautiful and rare copy with all the separate plates colored in period.
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